New EU court rules to be adopted without UK approval

Further news on our post yesterday about new EU court rules. The Europe Minister, David Lidington, has informed the UK House of Commons’ EU Scrutiny Committee (report here) that: The proposed new rules for the European Court to take into account closed evidence have qualified majority support (i.e. the necessary support of Member States to be approved), and the Committee has cleared...

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About Maya Lester QC

Maya Lester QC is a senior barrister (Queen’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. The legal directories say she is the...